Re: Audi V6

["Sean Ford" <sean@nwh.org>]

All this talk of bad head gaskets and underperforming '92 V6's is, of
course, worrisome to me. What are the signs of a bad head gasket? Please
don't tell me it's a rocking idle and a vibration at 2900 rpm!!

Sean Ford
sean@nwh.org
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA  02162 (USA)
'92 Audi 100CS 5spd  17K miles (and counting!)
'89 Suzuki Katana 600 14K miles (and hibernating)

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> From: Porsray@aol.com
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net; rlouie@USA.NET
> Subject: Re:  Audi V6
> Date: Sunday, March 16, 1997 7:11 PM
> 
> I believe so.  owner of a local Porsche-Audi shop said Audi had a bad
batch
> of head gaskets in early V-6s.  When these were changed to newer designs,
> apparently they increased compression ration slightly, enough to be 
> noticeable.  This was his experience when the shop did his engine.
> 
> Ray Calvo (porsray@aol.com)
> 1990 Coupe Quattro
> 
> In a message dated 97-03-16 18:01:30 EST, you write:
> 
> << 
>  From: "Rick H. Louie" <rlouie@usa.net>
>   
>  I have had the chance to drive several 100/A6 Quattro Sedans with the
>  Audi V6.  I have noticed considerable difference in performance,
>  especially compared to the 1992 model 100, in that the newer models seem
>  to have more pep!  My mechanic mentioned that Audi was on it's 3rd or
>  4th iteration of the V6 and that the newer models did have more low and
>  midrange punch.
>  
>  TIA
>  - -- 
>  Rick H. Louie